RESEARCH ARTICLE
A Case of Anterior Chamber Cholesterolosis Due to Coats' Disease and a Review of Reported Cases
Andrew W. Stacey1, *, Melissa Borri2, Sonia De Francesco2, Angela S. Antenore2, Felice Menicacci2, Theodora Hadjistilianou2
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2016Volume: 10
First Page: 27
Last Page: 32
Publisher ID: TOOPHTJ-10-27
DOI: 10.2174/1874364101610010027
Article History:
Received Date: 30/10/2015Revision Received Date: 12/11/2015
Acceptance Date: 15/11/2015
Electronic publication date: 29/2/2016
Collection year: 2016
open-access license: This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 4.0 International Public License (CC BY-NC 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode), which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited.
Abstract
Purpose:
To present the case of an 18 month old boy with Coats' disease who was found to have anterior chamber cholesterolosis.
Methods:
Case presentation and review of reported cases.
Results:
An 18 month old boy presented with unilateral stage 3B Coats' disease without other clinical findings. Two weeks after presentation he returned with xanthocoria due to anterior chamber cholesterolosis. He subsequently developed hyphema, neovascular glaucoma, and was enucleated. His case is compared to all previously reported cases of Coats' disease leading to anterior chamber cholesterolosis.
Conclusion:
The presentation of anterior chamber cholesterolosis in Coats' disease can range from the incidental finding in an asymptomatic patient to acute angle closure glaucoma with pain and acutely decreased vision. Clinicians should be aware of this potential complication of Coats' disease as it denotes a poor visual prognosis.
